Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango.

[3][4] The Mam people in Mexico (23,632) live principally in the Soconusco region of Chiapas.

Many Mam people live in and around the nearby modern city of Huehuetenango.

Many more Mam live in small hamlets in the mountains of northern Guatemala, keeping many of their native traditions.

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